Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 4 / Trend A.Huseynbala /
Azerbaijani MPs want to adopt speedily the bill "On the Status of the Ex-President."
The bill should be adopted as soon as the Constitution is amended, opposition Grand Union party MP Fazil Mustafa said today.
Amendments and supplements to the Constitution were made via a referendum March 18. The amendments stipulated assigning an ex-president status to former heads of state. A new bill must be prepared and submitted to parliament in this regard.
Opposition Great Establishment party head, MP Fazil Mustafa earlier prepared and submitted a bill on the status of ex-presidents.
MPs from the ruling party said the status of ex-president must only concern individuals who have held presidential authority.
"I believe the law on the status of the ex-president should only concern individuals who have held presidential authority," NAP Deputy Executive Secretary Mubariz Gurbanli told Trend .
Deputy Chairman of the pro-government Ana Vatan party, MP Zahid Oruj also stands for the rapid adoption of the bill.
"Parliament should adopt this bill, but it should not apply to ex-President Ayaz Mutallibov due to the criminal case that was launched against him," Oruj said.
Since independence, Ayaz Mutallibov, Abulfaz Elchibey, Heydar Aliyev and Ilham Aliyev has served as president of Azerbaijan.
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